Neighbors debuted in first place with $49 million. With an $18 million budget, this is fantastic news for Universal. With no competition until Blended on May 23, the film should have a great holdover this weekend. Neighbors had an $18 million budget and currently has $87.8 million worldwide.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 dropped from first to second place with $35.5 million. That 61.2% drop is far worse than The Amazing Spider-Man's 44.2% drop, but that's not a good comparison with that film opening on a Tuesday. A better comparison would be Spider-Man 3's 61.5% second weekend drop. Spider-Man 3 went on to gross $336.5 million after its $151.1 million opening weekend. If The Amazing Spider-Man 2 follows suit then it will hit a little over $200 million domestically which would make it the lowest grossing Spidey film by far (the current lowest grosser is The Amazing Spider-Man with $262 million domestically while Sam Raimi's trilogy all have over $335 million domestically). With Godzilla opening on Friday (taking away the audience looking for big-budget action) and X-Men: Days of Future Past opening the weekend after, Sony's greatest battle has begun. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 had an unknown budget and currently has $553 million worldwide.

The Other Woman dropped from second to third place with $9.6 million. That's a great 33.3% drop, made even more impressive with Moms' Night Out and Neighbors opening this weekend. Unlike Moms' Night Out, Neighbors is definitely competition. Fresh competition doesn't hit until Blended opens on May 23 so you can expect another solid holdover this weekend. The Other Woman had a $40 million budget and currently has $128.8 million worldwide.

Heaven is for Real dropped from third to fourth place with $7.4 million. Even with Moms' Night Out's Christian appeal, the film had a fantastic 13% holdover, easily beating out Son of God's 50.8% fourth weekend and even God's Not Dead's 28.6%. Million Dollar Arm opens this weekend which will take away some of the family audience who might've went for this film instead. Expect a not so fantastic holdover. Heaven is for Real had a $12 million budget and currently has $77.9 million worldwide.

#5 - Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Captain America: The Winter Soldier dropped from fourth to fifth place with $5.7 million. That 26% holdover is ahead of Captain America: The First Avenger's 45.4% as well as Iron Man 3's 31.8% and Thor: The Dark World's 41.4%. Captain America: The Winter Soldier faces competition with the already released Amazing Spider-Man 2 as well as Godzilla and X-Men: Days of Future Past, so don't expect much else from the star-spangled man in the box office. Captain America: The Winter Soldier had a $170 million budget and currently has $696.1 million worldwide.

Bears is the fifth highest grossing nature documentary of all time with $16.1 million domestically.

LEFT THEATERS

Gravity

Gravity (finally) left theaters after opening on October 4. The sci-fi thriller had a $100 million budget and made $716.3 million worldwide. After opening to the tune of $55.7 million to become the biggest Fall opener of all time, Gravity went on to win seven Oscars (the most of the night) including Best Director after being nominated for ten (tying for most nominations with American Hustle). Gravity is currently available on Blu-ray.

12 Years a Slave (finally) left theaters after opening on October 18. The drama had a $20 million budget and made $178.4 million worldwide. After being nominated for nine Oscars, the film took home three for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay. The film is currently available on Blu-ray.

August: Osage County (finally) left theaters after opening on December 27. The dramedy had an unknown budget and went on to make $74.1 million worldwide. The film was nominated for the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress Oscars. The film is currently available on Blu-ray.

The Nut Job left theaters after opening on January 17. The animation had a $42 million budget and made $70.9 million worldwide. A sequel is scheduled for January 15, 2016. The film is currently available on Blu-ray.

That's it for this weekend in the box office. Did you see any movies this weekend? Are you happy with how much the departed movies made? Comment below and be sure to come back next week where we'll see how well Godzilla and Million Dollar Arm perform in their opening weekends.

Coming off the Academy Award for Best Picture, 12 Years a Slave has come to Blu-ray. What Steve McQueen's latest gets is an outstanding presentation with gorgeous visuals and great audio while the bonus content, while interesting, won't blow you away. Don't let that keep you from buying a copy, because 12 Years a Slave is a Blu-ray worth having in your collection.

12 Years a Slave is still the excellent film I remember seeing on the big screen. The performances, the cinematography, the score, and the screenplay are some of the best 2013 has to offer, and the film is deserving of every Oscar it won on Sunday. Solomon Northup's story isn't an easy one to sit through and 12 Years a Slave certainly isn't a film I'm going to watch over and over again, but it's so well made that it deserves a viewing every now and then (whether I like it or not). If you haven't seen this film, I can't recommend it enough. It truly is a masterpiece.

On Blu-ray, 12 Years a Slave shines. This film looks unbelievably good on Blu-ray. The images are crisp and clean to the point of perfection. It's a stunning picture to say the least. Audio wise, 12 Years delivers an equally excellent presentation. Every line of dialogue and Hans Zimmer's great score sound terrific. Not a single complaint from me.

"12 Years a Slave: A Historical Portrait" (two parts totaling 41:21) is a lengthy look behind-the-scenes of the film. We get a bunch of interviews with the cast and crew and a lot of footage from the set. It's a great little feature that does a lot with what little it has. 12 Years a Slave doesn't have special effects or action sequences, so it spends the 40 minutes with the cast and how they dealt with their characters and how the filmmakers approached every scene. It was interesting and is definitely worth a watch (although don't expect anything too special).

"The Team" (7:43) is a quick look at the sets, make-up, cinematography, and everything else not touched upon in the previous feature, except for the score. "The Score" (3:55) is more of the same except talking about Hans Zimmer's Oscar snubbed score (without any interviews from Hans Zimmer unfortunately). These features could have easily been placed in the previous feature, but that doesn't make them less interesting.

There's also a Theatrical Trailer.

The Bonus Features, while nothing extraordinary, were interesting to watch as a fan of the film. You're not going to see anything that will make your jaw drop, but you will get a nice look at how the movie came together. The lack of an Audio Commentary is a bummer though.

The Verdict

One of 2013's best comes to Blu-ray with an outstanding presentation and mostly interesting bonus content. If you loved the movie in theaters or *gasp* haven't seen the film yet, fix that immediately and pick up 12 Years a Slave on Blu-ray.

With critics praising 12 Years a Slave as one of the best movies of the year and a serious contender for a majority of the top Oscars, I had to see the film for myself. Even though I have a record of enjoying but not loving these types of films (extremely sad movies that I probably never want to see again), I had to see what all the hubbub was about. And I'm happy I did. 12 Years a Slave is an absolutely fantastic film and one of the best I've seen this year.

12 Years a Slave takes place in 1841. We follow Solomon Northup who after being drugged is kidnapped and sold into slavery even though he is a free man.

That's the plot of the film. There's not a whole lot to it and that's both a good and a bad thing. You care for this character and you want to see what happens next in his life. Unfortunately, since this story doesn't have any subplots of any kind, things slow down about halfway through the movie. The movie doesn't come to a halt (you still care about what's happening) it's just not that exciting. But then the movie picks itself right up and continues its excellency.

That excellency is brought to you by outstanding performances by its cast. Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Sarah Paulson, Brad Pitt, and the rest of the cast are fantastic in this movie. They kill it on screen, and even though most of these characters are incredibly racist, the great performances make you want the characters to stay on screen. Michael Fassbender plays one of the plantation owners in this movie and he is outstanding. If anybody's getting that Oscar, it's him. He is so despicable and so cruel and Fassbender makes him a joy to watch. Figure that out. Lupita Nyong'o also deserves some serious recognition for her role as Patsey, one of Fassbender's slaves. She captures such emotion in her character and conveys every line of dialogue flawlessly. If there's any reason to look forward to that Liam Neeson Non-Stop movie, it's because we will see her on screen again.

But it's Chiwetel Ejiofer as Solomon who gives one of the best performances all year. He is phenomenal as this poor character. You root for him every second of the way because you feel for his character. And while writer John Ridley deserves a lot of the credit, it's Ejiofer who brings Ridley's screenplay to life in spectacular fashion.

Who also does a spectacular job is cinematographer Sean Bobbitt and director Steve McQueen. These guys have made a gorgeous movie. This movie has no visual effects and no action scenes. It's just characters talking and it looks beautiful. The colors blend so well together and the environments immerse you in the movie that much more. While your jaw isn't going to drop per se, you're still going to be impressed with how well made this movie is. Composer Hans Zimmer also deserves some recognition with his calm and soothing score.

The Verdict

If you're like me and aren't the biggest fan of sad and really emotional movies, go see 12 Years a Slave anyway. Your heartstrings will be tugged like never before but it will be worth it. With outstanding performances, direction, and writing, 12 Years a Slave is one of the best historical dramas I've ever seen and easily a contender for movie of the year.